PHOTOS: Defiant militia strike again in Ukraine

A pro-Russian activist holds a mace outside the regional government headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Hundreds of pro-Russian separatists seized the regional government headquarters in Luhansk on Tuesday, unopposed by police, underlining the lack of control of central government over swathes of eastern Ukraine.

PHOTOS: Defiant militia strike again in Ukraine

Pro-Russian activists storm the regional government headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Hundreds of pro-Russian separatists seized the regional government headquarters in Luhansk on Tuesday, unopposed by police, underlining the lack of control of central government over swathes of eastern Ukraine.

PHOTOS: Defiant militia strike again in Ukraine

Pro-Russian armed men level automatic rifles near the local police headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine opened fire with automatic weapons and threw stun grenades at the local police headquarters in the eastern city of Luhansk on Tuesday, a Reuters photographer said.

PHOTOS: Defiant militia strike again in Ukraine

Pro-Russian armed men walk near the local police headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine opened fire with automatic weapons and threw stun grenades at the local police headquarters in the eastern city of Luhansk on Tuesday, a Reuters photographer said.